Hello, birders.
During my walk at Huntley this morning some birders
and I saw an AMERICAN BITTERN fly from the far side
of the boardwalk past the tower to the near side and
land on the edge of the woods. They also saw a SORA
near the circle but I didn't have much time to look
for
rails this morning so I missed them. I saw a
SAVANNAH SPARROW land in the rail area. It preened on
the wet ground for a few minutes. 4 species of
shorebird were present: both YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY
SAND., and SNIPE. One snipe seemed to be sunning
itself. It leaned away from the sun and kind of
fluffed its other feathers up on the other side of
its body. It held this pose for maybe a minute.
New arrival for me: GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, 2 near
the Visitor Center. Lots of B.G. GNATCATCHERS, R.C.
KINGLETS and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were about. No
thrushes except ROBIN. I saw a Hermit Thrush there on
Sunday. Other warblers present were COM.
YELLOWTHROAT, LA. WATERTHRUSH (before the start of
the boardwalk, right side, deep in the woods) and B&W
WARBLER. There seemed to be more R.E. VIREOS than
there were a few days ago. I tried to get a look at
1 of 2 SC. TANAGERS but I could only hear them.
About 30 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS flew in formation
above the Fairfax County Parkway early this morning.
Scott Baron
Fairfax, Va.
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢
http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash
You are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email
to va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe, send email to
va-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
